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1880Jun, 21

Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp

Josiah Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, English economist and civil servant (d. 1941)
Josiah Charles Stamp, 1st Baron Stamp, (21 June 1880 – 16 April 1941) was an English industrialist, economist, civil servant, statistician, writer, and banker. He was a director of the Bank of England and chairman of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway.

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